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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 5, 2002Clay County, Platte County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2002, 9:46 PM CDT for Clay County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2002, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 10:05 PM CDTHail 0.88Riverside, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2002-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1298 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2002-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 060246
SVRMCI
MOC047-165-060345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
946 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI   
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  NICKELS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR KANSAS CITY KS...OR 10 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   LIBERTY BY 955 PM CDT.
   MOSBY...KEARNEY BY 1000 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF HOUSTON LAKE...PLATTE WOODS...WEATHERBY LAKE...NORTHMOOR
AND LAKE WAUKOMIS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3931 9422 3914 9459 3918 9467 3918 9475
          3924 9478 3943 9441

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson44 min
May 6, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt44 min
May 6, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew47 min
May 6, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, DeKalb51 min
May 6, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClinton42 min
May 6, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell39 min
May 6, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll44 min
May 6, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt47 min
May 6, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb23 min
May 6, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam38 min
May 6, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Livingston44 min
May 6, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray44 min
May 6, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Sullivan48 min
May 6, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Macon40 min
May 6, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson57 min
May 6, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass55 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.